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  1. Bill Nelson
    Used to play this on Athens, GA's black-owned AM station:
  2. Bill Nelson
    Thundercat's 'Bus in These Streets' (chords would wig-out Clare Fischer).
  3. Bill Nelson
    When at a mom-n-pop record store in Anniston, Alabama, the owner mentioned a previous serious digger. "He bugged me about my back stock cause he was running the Capitol label." My quick reply was, "Well, I hope the guy has executive experience."
  4. Bill Nelson
    By the late 60's, Hentoff's liners were quite Byzantine. Not as LSD saturated as Ralph J. Gleason's.
  5. Bill Nelson
    Buddy DeFranco & Tommy Gumina Quintet (3 LPs on Mercury, 1962-64, and one on Decca, 1961). As Johnny Carson might say, "That's some wild, wild stuff."
  6. Bill Nelson
    Are all those box sets 'inbound' or 'outbound' for a new assignation?
  7. Bill Nelson
    The 2026 release schedule fills me with inertia -- and will leave my wallet intact.
  8. Bill Nelson
    In 1959, during his live 'Evening Wasted With' LP, Harvard math professor Lehrer stopped his singing to say: I hope you don't think I do THIS for a living. Why, I can make five or six thousand dollars a year JUST TEACHING." "
  9. Bill Nelson
    Adding 'em to 'Sound Savers' or 'Factory Sealed for Your Protection'. Or, more specifically: 'Includes the hit single, 'What A Fool Believes'
  10. Bill Nelson
    It gets idiotic Stateside with completists who trim and save the hype stickers slapped on the LP shrink wrap. No claims of 'aesthetics' or 'inherent artwork' should include stick-on marketing hokum.
  11. Bill Nelson
    From the excellent 1972 LP, 'Life, Love, and Faith' with the Meters.
  12. Bill Nelson
    Self-indulgent liner notes by Ralph J. Gleason, of which, "there's nothing more pathetic than an aging hipster."
  13. Bill Nelson
    It was Hurricane Milton that really hit Sarasota with 10-12 inches of rain. The Van Wezel is/was the venue for the annual Joys of Jazz concerts featuring Dick Hyman's pals and Concord label artists.
  14. Bill Nelson
    TJB at Sarasota's Van Wezel? The front rows must've dried from Helene's flood water.
  15. Bill Nelson
    As Mike Nichols quipped about Gertrude Stein: "What a gal! They don't make 'em like THAT anymore." In every role, Maggie Smith always let you know she was there.
  16. Bill Nelson
    In '73, Paul Butterfield let Geoff Muldaur take the vocal on this Percy Mayfield classic. Of particular note is Amos Garrett's solo at midpoint, proof of Butter's legacy in finding top guitarists (Bloomfield, Elvin Bishop, Buzz Feiten, and Garrett).
  17. Bill Nelson
    In 1973, Jerry Ragavoy produced this excellent smooth soul 'classic LP.
  18. Bill Nelson
    My entry in the fish-nor-fowl thread is this singular jazzy track (on Beatles' Apple label) with Billy Preston on organ and Leon Russell, piano. Who knew?
  19. Bill Nelson
    How about: The 'Svengali' Ten?
  20. Bill Nelson
    As I began my first radio DJ stint in '69, a cart of Mendes' hit, 'Fool On the Hill' was a go-to airplay favorite. Sergio's albums for A&M have been in my collection and then to Elektra and Verve. My fave track from his 'Brasileiro' (1992):
  21. Bill Nelson
    from 'Makossa Man', the 1974 Atlantic LP follow-up to 'Soul Makossa'.
  22. Bill Nelson
    On Tyner's 'Extensions', I notice the 2nd track is titled The Wanderer', so maybe... OTOH, cat hairs and paw prints in your studio might lead to an arrest.
  23. Bill Nelson
    Some of the latest in neo-funk/soul and touch of spiritual. Lyrics and music by the trio of Nicola Conte, Myles Sanko, and Alberto Parmegiani.
  24. Bill Nelson
    Best track -- the magic starts at 2:30 getting into a serious jazz-blues jam, Hammond B3 included. Recorded in November, 1968 when Mayall moved to SoCal and joined the hippie scene.
  25. Bill Nelson
    And also teaching the pros! In '75 after a Tower of Power show in Cambridge, their funkmeister drummer, Dave Garibaldi, said he'd had a lesson with Alan Dawson earlier that day.
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